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 February 2005
Mr. John Tsang Chun Wah, the Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology says the Government will launch a campaign entitled "STEPS" to fight Hong Kong's spam epidemic during a luncheon organised by six information and communication technology organisations. The Government believes it would be necessary to enact legislation to regulate spam and intends to intorduce the full draft legislation into the Legislative Council some time next year.
February 2005
New Zealand signs code of conduct to curb spam
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?
c_id=5&ObjectID=10009322
The New Zealand Herald, February 3, 2005
December 2004
The year in technology
MSNBC, December 29, 2004
November 2004
Industry players including MailProve submit their responses to OFTA's consultation paper - Proposals to Contain the Problem of Unsolicited Electronic Messages. The responses suggest many areas including technology, industry regulation, education and legislation.
For more information, please visit
http://www.ofta.gov.hk/frameset/home_index_eng.html
October 2004
Call for global action on spam
BBC News, October 11, 2004
September 2004
Spam
avalanche keeps growing
TechWeb, September 1, 2004
August 2004
AOL
buys Mailblocks in spam-fighting effort
IDG News service, August 4, 2004
June 2004
The Hong Kong Anti-Spam Coalition, The Hong Kong Internet Service
Providers Association (HKISPA) and Intercham, the association of 27
international chambers of commerce in Hong Kong, organises a hands-on
forum to explore the action necessary to stop spam. MailProve provides
its statistics on the state of spam and viruses in Hong Kong and
demonstrates its new traffic monitoring tool for email.
May 2004
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Singapore turns heavy artillery on spammers
Computerworld Hong Kong, May 27, 2004 4:48 pm
March 2004
Telecom Asia - Solving the spam puzzle
http://www.telecomasia.net/telecomasia/
article/articleDetail.jsp?id=87418
January 2004
Office of the Hong Kong Legislative Councillor for IT Mr Sin Chung Kai,
holds a forum on whether to legislate against spam. MailProve Director
and secretary of the HKISPA Andy Lake is a key speaker at the forum and
presents the finding of HK's first survey into the state of spam in HK.
For more information, please visit http://www.sinchungkai.org.hk/jsp_sinchung/
userFiles/anti-spam-a.html
July 2003
Announcing the formation of the HK Anti Spam coalition, a meet the
press luncheon is held. MailProve director Andy Lake attends as
representative of the ISP industry and the coalition generates
extensive media interest.
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